Definitions
the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?”
“This toxin impairs ventilation by causing inflammation in the bronchioles.”
“It is time to try to wean this patient from ventilation.”
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01“Air flow”11 letters
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